Rotary Table or Dividing Head for 4th Axis conversion

[JimGlass]

Marty,

This does not answer your question but I made an indexer from scratch. The indexer is made
in two pieces so gear clearance can be precision ground to minimise clearance and backlash.

http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/cn ... er-248085/

Made of castiron and 30:1 gears purchased on Ebay. Didn't cost that much to make.

Jim

[Marty_Escarcega]

Marty,

This does not answer your question but I made an indexer from scratch. The indexer is made
in two pieces so gear clearance can be precision ground to minimise clearance and backlash.

http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/cn ... er-248085/

Made of castiron and 30:1 gears purchased on Ebay. Didn't cost that much to make.

Jim

Hi Jim. Good to hear from you again. Nice work on your indexer!
Marty

[Marty_Escarcega]

I appreciate the input and comments. I believe both have the ability to take up backlash. My 6" rotab is both horizontal and vertical. It will eventually go on a small Dyna DM4400 vertical machining center I'm slowly converting to Flashcut CNC.

My DM4400 Conversion
I guess since I have both and all that is involved would be a DC servo motor, maybe I will do the rotab first.

Marty

FYI, I happened into a HAAS 5C indexer for a good price, so I went with it.